Omaha daily bee., 1887-10-01

Of deliberately planned policy /
to rritate them and excite their hostility.
That such affairs, designed, as the French
believe, or accidental. are stepping
stones to the great struggle which the
people of both countries regard as incvi'
table, there can be no question. 1t may
require something more than such an oc-
currcnce rs this frontier shooting to
bring on the conflict, but that sufficient
preteXt will be sooner or later found by
one Of the nations Tor striking the blow
that will determine which is the stronger
seems to be regarded by all Europe as
certain.
A good deal Of interest is felt in France
regarding the action, If any. which will
be taken in reply to the illtimed and i'm.
pudent manifesto Of the Count of Paris.
The radicals are bowling for the whole
sale expulsion of all monarchist and
Bonapartist pretenders. It would be easy
for Rouvier, by stroke of his pen, to
crafty tho radicals and to put himself
right with his party by banishlng the
bourbons and Bonapartists, but it Is
doubtful whether the republican clamor
will be gratiiied, at least until some radi-
cal change shall have taken place in the
government. Grevy is averse to severe
measures and Rouver, who has been
supported by, and who, IN fact. owes the
existence of his government to reaction
ary assistance, cannot with any good
grace turn against his allies. The i'm.
portant question Of expulsion will not be
settled without q special meeting of the
cabinet until the deputies reassemble, but
meanwhile precautions are being taken
to prevent the posting up of the mani
festo in country places to poison the
minds of the peasants. When the
chamber meets 1t is most likely to de-
mand the expulsion of the offensive
princes or Nj. RouvIer's retirement. A
! singular alarm is now said to be deepen
| ing in France, namely that the army, de-
| string revenge, may accept king, be-
| lieving Russia would then sign a treaty
of alliance aud aid in the conflict against
Germany. This impression, it is as
serted, prevailed with Prince Bismarck
| when he sanctioned the expression that
| Prince Ferdinand was an Orleanist agent
| sent TO Sofia to create pretext for a
| European war.
| ~
| Hollands expenditures largely exceed
her revenue, the estimated deficit for
this year amounting to over five million
dollars. OF late years Holland has de-
clined in commercial Importance. In
1885 her exports were considerably in ex-
cess of her imports, but the volume of
trade was less than it had been for sew
eral years. The chief items of export
were iron and steel, textiles, cereals and
flour, and rice and coffee, the latter, of
course, received from her possessions in
Java All things considered. the won
der is, not that Holland is not so flour.
lshing as she once was, but that she eX-
listed at all. 1t is only by almost super
human exertons and by the most con.
slant vigilance that the Netherlands
are prevented from returning to
their original condition of fens
and swamps, 7fas described by
historians. The ocean is always
ready to overleap the dykes or to find its
way through them. and to turn smiling
fields into shallow ponds and lakes, ruin
ing everything which the industry of man
has been able to make grow in that orig.
inally unfavorable locality. No greater
triumph of mind over matter was ev er
known than the building up and prcser-
vaton of Holland. The war with Spain
sinks into insigniticance when coptrasted
with the fight of centuries against the
hostile forces of nature, and the Holland.
j ers richly deserve all that they have won
s,, l,a,r ,vv,k bA;r
country will ever be monument to the
sturdy independence. the indomtable
perseverance, and the ceasless industry
of the people of the Netherlands.
The persecution Of Rev. Mr.. Doane,
an American missionary in the
Caroline Islands, by the newly
appointed governor Of the islands, Cap.
tain Posadlllo, is reported to have re-
suited most tlagically to that individual.
MIR Doane was arrested in April, and
was imprisoned without trial for several
months. 1t now appears that after his
departure for Manila the natives exhibited
their hatred of Spanish rule by a revolt IN
which PusadillO was killed. Those of his
followers, soldiers and convcts, who
|
forced to take refuge on
the ship which had brought them
Mr.. Doane, as representative of the
American board, had labored among
these natives for thirty three years. He
exercised great influence over them. The
Spaniards not only removed him, but also
closed several churches and all but one OF
the twenty schools he had established
They also silenced the native preachers
and encouraged the sale of the vile run
which Europe makes for the Pacific
islanders. The result indicates that Mr.
Doane's teachings had not rendered The
natives incapable of showing righteou;
Indignation.
~
A report that the pope is contemplat
ing meditation between Germany and
France for the restoration of Alsace
Lorraine to the latter suggests great
possibilities. II these provinces were re
turned 10 the nation to which in sentl
ment they belong the hostile feeling be